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Inside this issue:

For more information about OceanView,

visit our websitewww.oceanviewrc.comor call Gloria Walker,

Director of Sales and Marketing

(207) 781-4460

Director’s Chair...........2

Sales & Marketing........3

New Residents..3-4, 7,9-12

Independent Activites..6

Falmouth House Activities.....................6

Vitamin D....................8

Your Good Health.....14

Residents’ Birthdays...15

Spring 2015

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The Capital Trio Chamber Ensemble

Friday, March 6th, 1:00 PMPlease join us for a concert by The Capital Trio Chamber Ensemble:

Duncan Cumming ~ Piano Hillary Walther ~ Violin

Sölen Dikener ~ CelloThe Capital Trio has been chamber ensemble in residence at

the University at Albany since 2008.

Spring Into OceanView Luncheon

Wednesday, April 8th, 12:00 PMPlease join us for a delicious lunch while you learn about staging and selling your home, “right-sizing,” financial resources, and the ins and outs of safely moving your belongings.Guest speakers include:

• Candice Rinaldi of Bath Savings Trust Company• Sandra Wendland of Legacy Properties/ Sotheby’s International Realty• Kate Lowry of Kate Lowry Designs• Brian Hughes of Bisson Moving & Storage

From the Director’s Chair Maureen Connolly

One of the best known facts about Maine winters is that eventually they come to an end whether it is March, April or even May. Even though we are still in February, and survived the Blizzard of 2015, I’d like to think that the winter doldrums are almost behind us and, as mother-nature planned it, we eventually all come out of hibernation.

While we could still get mounds of snow, I do want to take this opportunity to recognize the maintenance team for their resilience against the cold, record winds, and seemingly endless hours in keeping OceanView safe and clear from snow and ice. While that has to be one of the toughest parts of their job (not to mention the fact that they are called in after hours and on weekends), I very seldom hear them complain - and as a manager, that is extraordinary! They truly understand how important their jobs are.

The housekeeping team, as well, has been busy indoors trying to keep up with all the salt and sand that gets brought into the buildings, apartments and cottages. They do an amazing job - just take a look around! Their efforts are appreciated by all and never go unnoticed. Because of the dedication of the nursing and caregiving staff, who were troupers through the storms, the residents at Falmouth House and Legacy Memory Care stayed safe and sound, while the chefs did their part to provided nutritious meals to those residents on the meal plan or living in assisted living communities. The commitment of all staff, no matter what department, has been remarkable in making every effort to get to work through snow or sleet. It goes without saying that you, the residents - our extended family - are the reason they work so hard.

Regardless of the weather, life at OceanView goes on without a hitch. The winter worries that residents once

had about shoveling, sanding, and clearing off their vehicles is a faded memory, leaving time to participate in a multitude of activities that OceanView has to offer - whether it’s poker, billiards, bridge, Mah Jong, taking in a movie at the Hilltop Screening Room or quietly reading a book by the fireplace in the library.

Residents continue to seek any and all opportunities to maintain their active, healthy lifestyles thoughout the winter. They attend aerobics, yoga, Tai Chi and a variety of other exercise programs, as well as swimming classes at our four-season, enclosed, heated pool. They top it off with a cup of coffee, a hot bowl of homemade soup or chowder, a housemade panini, fresh salad or many of the delicious dessert options and freshly baked pasteries at The Gazebo Grille - the shortbread heart cookies and chocolate dipped strawberry ice cream pie are the most recent temptations!

Before long, the patio will be filled with sun worshipers, resident gardeners will start preparing their beds for plantings, and our hiking group will take to the trails. No matter what the season is or what the weather brings, life goes on...... After all, it’s OceanView. It’s about life...It’s about time!

Maureen.....aka “Moe”

OceanView at Falmouth is an active, maintenance-free continuum of care retirement community located on 80 beautifully wooded and landscaped acres in the coastal town of Falmouth, Maine. Our hillside campus overlooks Casco Bay and Portland, with a wide variety of distinctive cottages and apartments, just minutes from Maine’s largest and most dynamic city. Locally owned and managed for over twenty-eight years,

our stress-free lifestyle offers financial and health care peace of mind while living your retirement to the fullest.

For more information about OceanView, or to arrange a personal tour, please call our Director of Sales and Marketing, Gloria Walker, at (207) 781-4460. Visit our website at www.oceanviewrc.com .

From the Director of Sales and Marketing Gloria Walker

With winter upon us, it is one of the many wonderful benefits of living at OceanView to know that life doesn’t stop when the weather gets cold. Activities remain engaging and fun, with plenty of friends to commiserate with about the weather, which is our prerogative as Mainers! Of course, transportation on and off campus is available if the roads get slick, so there is no problem with cabin fever or feeling isolated if you live at OceanView. Our schedule of programs, more specifically known as the OceanView Enrichment Academy, keeps residents on the move all year long!

We would like to warmly welcome the following new residents who are already enjoying being a part of our active, stress-free lifestyle. We hope you decide to join us soon and say goodbye to the headaches and isolation of winter and hello to new friends and fun!

Kind regards, Gloria

Thank you to this issue’s biographers: Nancy Struve, Susan Sanders and Nancy Wanderer

Jan and Bill Nichols (Blueberry Commons) hail from the Boston area, where they met on a blind date in high school. They dated until Bill left for Harvard and Jan for Elmira College, and married after graduation. Jan worked at the Harvard Law Library while Bill served overseas in the Navy. The

arrival of the first of their three children postponed Bill’s plans to attend business school. Instead, he joined W.H. Nichols Co., a manufacturing company founded by his grandfather. After attending business courses at Harvard, he became president of the company and a member of the Young Presidents Organization. The company, with divisions in Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin, was later sold to Parker Hannifin.

Jan, meanwhile, was busy raising children and serving as president of the local garden club. After the children started school, she attended business school, dreaming of opening a restaurant. In preparation, she worked at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, MA, in every capacity from chef to waitress to “hatcheck girl.” By that time, the couple had moved to Maine, where Jan decided to open a candy store. She carefully researched the industry, traveling to Belgium in search of the finest chocolate, before opening her top-of-the-line Temptations in the Old Port. Temptations enjoyed a nine-year run and a huge mail order following.

Jan and Bill have thrived in retirement. Jan volunteered with SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) for 25 years, passing on her knowledge and expertise to new business owners. Bill, following interests in the outdoors, directed the Maine Caribou Transplant Project, an effort to introduce caribou from Newfoundland to Maine. Sadly, brain worm infected the herd, and the project folded. Next, Bill chaired the Atlantic Salmon Authority, founded to increase salmon in Maine’s rivers. A member of the 4000 Footers Club, Bill became involved with the founding of the International Appalachian Trail, which extends northward from Katahdin into Canada and on to the European continent, following the original Appalachian Mountains.

Jan and Bill enjoy spending time with their son Bill, daughters Judy and Sue, and four grandchildren, especially at their cabin on Kezar Lake. (SS & NW)

Jean Fisk and Lois Davis (Blueberry Commons), two sisters who grew up in Cumberland Foreside, have moved to OceanView from Cousins Island. When Jean and Lois were children, their family lived in the only year-round residence among

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many summer cottages in Wildwood Park. Their childhood was filled with picnicking, racing around in a 17-foot runabout, and enjoying good times at the beach in the summer and the tranquility that descended in the fall after all the summer residents went home.

After graduating from Greely High School, Jean began working for the telephone company as a switchboard operator, and Lois took a job at Blue Cross. Looking for adventure, the sisters invited a girlfriend to take a cross-country road trip with them. The threesome drove along Route 66 for three weeks, experiencing national treasures like the Grand Canyon and eventually arriving in Los Angeles, CA, where they stayed for three months with an aunt.

After returning from the trip of a lifetime, Jean started working at Blue Cross, where she stayed for the next 36 years. Lois resumed her job at Blue Cross, where she stayed until she married Bill Davis, a restaurant supplier. Together, Lois and Bill opened a take-out restaurant in Randolph. Four years later, they moved their operation to Crescent City, FL, where they started another restaurant. After too many years of cooking grits and firing up the griddle at 6:00 am, the couple decided to retire and move back to the family home in Maine.

After Bill died, Lois and Jean continued living on Cousins Island with their mother, who died at 93. Deciding that they wanted to simplify their lives, the two sisters moved to OceanView, where they are enjoying the freedom that comes with leisurely living. They love reading, doing crossword and jigsaw puzzles, and watching movies in their apartment. They also enjoy sharing meals with friends in the Main Dining Room. After years of tending extensive vegetable gardens at their Cousins Island home, they are looking forward to the simplicity of cultivating a few tomato plants and hanging a bird feeder on their deck this summer.

(SS & NW)

Near the end of the Aleutian Island chain, where the wind blows constantly at 65 miles per hour and earthquakes happen daily, is the town of Adak, Alaska. While her husband Alfred was stationed at Adak Naval Air Station, Nancy Fearing (Blueberry Commons) lived in the “birthplace of the winds,” raising the couple’s two young sons.

Nothing in her early life had prepared her for such an adventure. Raised in Warwick, RI with a beach house in Narragansett, Nancy spent two weeks each August with her family in Maine. It was in her freshman English class at Colby, however, that she met Alfred Fearing, Jr. They married a year after graduation. Al joined the United States Coast Guard and continued in the service for 23 years. They lived many places, but remember none so fondly as Adak - “a whole different world,” and the source of many lifelong friendships.

In 1972, the Fearings left Adak for Boston, and Nancy started her antiques business, The Sailor’s Wife, which she ran successfully for 35 years. Specializing in glass and fine china, Nancy offered a matching service for Haviland Limoges, the choice of brides from 1880 through 1920, but by the 1970s, no longer in production. In 1984, the Fearings took Al’s mother to visit her birthplace in England. It would be the first of many visits as Nancy’s undergraduate English major, her delight in rediscovered relatives, and her interest in genealogy blossomed into a love affair with British culture, particularly writers of the Victorian Era.

When Al left the Coast Guard, he started a business in South Portland and he and Nancy settled in Cumberland Center.

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Independent Activities Dawn Wheeler, Dir. of Activities & Events

December was the busiest month of the year at Falmouth House, with celebrations honoring the spirits of Peace, Light and Love. Our Hanukkah Celebration featured song and a bit of the history of this ancient holiday, with Latkes to eat and Dreidel games. Christmas began with our Tree Lighting Ceremony with music by Sharon Wright, eggnog and generally welcoming the season. Residents were delighted with musical programs by the OV Kid’s Club Holiday Sing Along; a rousing holiday concert with Flash and Tina Allen; the annual Barbara Payson Holiday Piano Recital and a spur of the moment Harp Recital by Jara Goodrich. A special afternoon of cookie decorating with the uber-talented Bethany Mitchell helped make things merry.

The PIECE DE RESISTANCE, was our GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) New Year’s Eve Bash. This is an annual grand tradition at Falmouth House. Residents gathered at 6:30 for Champagne Cocktails and Social. At 6:59, we began our GMT countdown, and at 7:00, we rung in the New Year with the

ever-fabulous Louis Philippe at the piano. Hats, noisemakers, and good cheer were enjoyed by all our residents and guests!

January promised to keep Falmouth House warm and humming with several new and exciting programs highlighting the calendar, including You Be the Judge, Rob Robbins at the piano, Laugher is Best Medicine (where we gather in a circle and exchange funny stories), A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Myths of the Night Sky, and the interesting and quizzical Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader trivia game based on the TV show. Another tradition in January is the Mad Hatter Tea Party. Residents wear their craziest hats (hats are provided for anyone who doesn’t have one). We have a great “tea and crumpets” social and we read the Tea Party chapter from Alice in Wonderland.

At Falmouth House, we know how to escape those winter blues! Marc

Falmouth House Activities Marc Brann, Life Enrichment Coordinator

The Casco Bay Tummlers klezmer band visited during Hanukkah and played original arrangements of traditional dances, Jewish folk songs and Yiddish theater music.

Isabel Denham’s pastel drawings and photographs were displayed in our resident Art Gallery during December and January.

One of November’s highlights was our Square Dance, called by Highlands’ resident George

Krassner. We had a record number of residents turn out

for an evening of foot stomping fun!

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When he retired in 1995, they moved to the woods of Buxton, ME.

After Al died in 2009, Nancy began to feel like their home was a bit remote, so decided to make the move and is now a thriving member of the OceanView community. In the larger community, she serves as a VNA Hospice volunteer. Her younger son lives in Portland, and she has two grandchildren, including a granddaughter currently studying in England and, like her grandmother, loving it. (NS)

Miriam and Charles Butts, “Mim” and “Charlie,” (Blueberry Commons) have deep ties to Maine. Although they grew up in Massachusetts, met at Middlebury College, and raised their four children in Lexington, MA, Miriam and Charles were married on Bustins Island in Casco Bay and still spend summers there.

Miriam worked at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for more than 30 years as an adjunct lecturer, providing gallery talks and slide-illustrated lectures. She also led study tours to museums and historic sites throughout the Northeast, from Washington, DC, to Campobello, NB. Elected to The Colonial Society of Massachusetts in 2010, Miriam is the co-author of The American China Trade: Foreign Devils to Canton, 1783-1843.

Charles, a World War II veteran who began his career in publishing at Time, Inc., and The Atlantic Monthly, later joined Houghton Mifflin Company, retiring in 1992 as vice president for external affairs. He was elected to the board of directors of the Association of American Publishers, becoming chairman of its Copyright Committee, and served on a team of publishers, authors, librarians, and educators to develop guidelines

mandated by Congress for fair use of copyrighted materials under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976.

From 1983-2012, Miriam and Charles organized and led sharp-focus tours to the British Isles, Paris, Venice, and the Italian Lake District, as well as the Hudson River Valley, Castine, Campobello, and Chesapeake Bay. In 2000, Miriam developed programs to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the first publication of poems by Anne Bradstreet, America’s first published poet. She has lectured extensively on Anne Bradstreet and her times as well as on the China Trade. Charles was president of the Boston Chapter of the English-Speaking Union for nine years, managing its annual Boston Shakespeare Competition for high school students. In 1999, they helped found The Partnership of the Historic Bostons, a non-profit organization created to foster public understanding of the contributions and enduring legacies of the 17th-century founders of Boston and the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and to preserve the historical links with Boston, Lincolnshire, England. (SS & NW)

You may have spotted new resident Barbara Briggs (Cottage) walking around campus with her Australian Shepherd, Bantey (rhymes with “bonsai”). Barbara, whose husband’s passing prompted her move to OceanView after living in Portland’s West End for more than 30 years, is an avid walker and recently spent two weeks walking in Switzerland through a Road Scholar program.

Born and raised in Barre, VT, the youngest of eight children, Barbara is a woman of many talents and interests. After studying out of state to become a Med Tech, Barbara returned to Vermont, where she met her


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Falmouth House Activities Marc Brann, Life Enrichment Coordinator

Vitamin D - The Sunshine Vitamin Jenny Babino, Dietitian

Vitamin D has been gaining more attention over the years, with many more Americans discovering that they are deficient in this vitamin. Here is what you need to know about this vital nutrient for your health and well-being.

What is Vitamin D and why do I need it? Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is produced in your body when your skin is exposed to sunlight; 10-15 minutes of exposure daily has been shown to maintain optimal levels of Vitamin D. However, with skin cancer on the rise, many of us have been vigilant about adequate sun protection; in fact, a SPF level of 8 or higher blocks the production of Vitamin D. Check with your primary care physician if you have any questions/concerns regarding the amount of sun exposure you can safely receive daily.

Vitamin D has many different functions within the human body, mostly being known for playing a role in our bone health. Vitamin D is needed for the proper absorption of calcium; calcium and vitamin D work hand-in-hand in the upkeep of our skeleton, preventing osteopenia and osteoporosis. Additional functions of vitamin D include: regulating the amount of calcium in our blood stream, maintaining our immune systems, and is also involved in the growth of our cells.

Deficiencies- How to measure and who’s at riskA simple blood test with your primary care physician can determine whether or not you have a Vitamin D deficiency. When we don’t have enough Vitamin D in our body, we are at a higher risk of bone loss, increasing our risk for osteomalacia (softening of your bones), which can increase your risk of a fracture. Individuals with any of the following characteristics are also at an increased risk of having a vitamin D deficiency:

• Intestinal malabsorption• Anyone with little exposure to the sun• Having dark skin • If you are obese: BMI > 30• Restrictive diets- diets that are low in calcium,

dairy (vegan/vegetarian diets), or individuals who have a milk allergy or are lactose intolerant

• A diet too low in fat; vitamin D is fat soluble

Sources of Vitamin DAs noted above, the #1 source of vitamin D is the sun; however, with the many months of winter here in New England, it is impossible to get the amount of sunlight exposure needed this time of year to maintain our vitamin D levels.Food sources of Vitamin D include:

• Dairy products - cheese, cream, butter, fortified milk

• Eggs (the yolk is the primary source) • Fortified foods: orange juice, cereals and other

bread products

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Working in a library fit perfectly with Barbara’s passion for reading. She is a member of two reading groups. One meets at Longfellow Books in Portland and reads international mystery writers; the other is a well-established group of friends who rotate choosing books and leading the discussion. She also belongs to the Jane Austen Society of Maine.

One has only to peek at the new gardens emerging in Barbara’s yard to know that she is a true gardener. She nurtured large perennial beds at her West End home and has been the volunteer gardener at her church in Portland, Sacred Heart/Saint Dominic’s, for many years. Expect her new gardens to appear on the OceanView Garden Tour in the near future!

Gardening must be in the family genes; a son is a plant geneticist in the Netherlands. Barbara’s other children are accomplished as well: a therapist, a hospital administrator, a computer programmer with a Master’s degree in Greek, and a lawyer and bassoonist in Phoenix. Luckily for Barbara, her two daughters and four grandchildren live nearby. (SS and NW)

Stan and Connie Kent (Blueberry Commons) have lived in Falmouth for 50 years. Stan, who grew up in Denver, CO, headed to Hawaii at 17 to help rebuild Pearl Harbor after the bombing in 1941. Later, he joined the Merchant Marine and sailed on Liberty Ships, delivering munitions around

the world during World War II. On one memorable trip, Stan was literally stuck in Murmansk, Russia, waiting for the harbor to freeze so tanks and planes could be driven across the ice and delivered to the Russian army. In 1945, Stan returned home to resume his education, graduating from Colorado University and Harvard Medical School.

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How much Vitamin D do I need?Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) for Vitamin D varies depending on your age; here are the current daily recommendations: Age/Group: mcg IU0-1 year 10 4001-50 years 15 60051-70 years 15 60071+ years 20 800Pregnancy 15 600Lactating 15 600

If you find that you are deficient in Vitamin D, your physician will most likely start you on a supplementation regimen. As always, be sure to check with your physician before beginning any new supplementation regimen. Jenny

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physician husband. Twin daughters and three sons kept Barbara busy for several years while the young family lived in Cape Elizabeth and her husband, Dr. Russell Briggs, worked at Maine Medical Center as a radiologist specializing in nuclear medicine. With her children growing older, Barbara decided to earn a Master’s in Library Science from Simmons College in Boston, and then began a long career working at the Portland Public Library, where she found her niche as a cataloguer.

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Meanwhile, Connie was growing up in Portland, ME, and graduating from Wellesley College. While working in the Fearing Research Laboratory near Boston, she met and married Stan, who was at Harvard Med. Among the young couple’s friends were Stan’s classmate John Radebaugh and his wife Dottie, who are now OceanView neighbors.

Despite his service in the Merchant Marine, Stan was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Fortunately, because Connie was nine months pregnant, Stan was not sent overseas, but served his country conducting induction physicals in Providence, RI. Eventually, after three years of residency, Stan and Connie moved to Portland, where Stan was an OB/GYN at Maine Med.

Connie and Stan had three children, two sons, and a daughter, who survived a horrible accident that left her partially paralyzed but undaunted. She went on to graduate from college, earn a Master’s in Social Work, and become a wife and mother. Sadly, she died two years ago from complications from the accident.

While raising the children, Connie handled the bookkeeping and taxes for Stan’s medical practice.

She also applied her accounting skills for five decades as a member of Sweetser’s board of directors. As president of the board, Connie’s crowning achievement was merging five separate entities into one.

Connie and Stan have traveled extensively, visiting 19 countries, with Stan photographing the natural world and Connie avidly bird watching. Connie also enjoys cross stitch and will be planting a small garden off their Blueberry Commons deck this spring.

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Sally Heald (Blueberry Commons) came to OceanView from the nearby Falmouth “flats.” She was born in Worcester, MA, and spent many happy summers sailing off Cape Cod. While attending Walnut Hill School, she roomed with a dear friend of her Blueberry Commons neighbor, Margaret Cope, with whom Sally now shares a raised-bed garden.

Sally’s apartment reveals much about her interests. Prominently placed in the entryway is a botanical print featuring a variety of vegetables, signaling that this home is occupied by a serious gardener. Sally’s apartment features several pieces of handcrafted



furniture created by her nephew: a lighted cabinet displaying an exquisite collection of glass paperweights; a graceful table in the den, on which a partially completed jigsaw puzzle sits; and a roomy sweater chest in Sally’s bedroom. Nearby perches a family of antique teddy bears, appearing well-loved, but still sporting their distinctive Steiff tags.

Sally’s career as a med tech began in Allentown, PA, where she enjoyed the colorful hex signs painted on the barns. Inspired by those hex signs, Sally later chose the name “Hexsie” for her beloved black-and-tan dachshund, remembrances of whom appear in photos, paintings, needlepoint, and even a life-like depiction on a sweatshirt. Sally is a true dog lover. Prominently displayed on her bookshelf is the massive Atlas of Dog Breeds. Sally’s love of dogs has led her to become a volunteer dog walker, taking friends’ pets out for long walks and enjoying the companionship of those four-legged individuals.

Following her time in Pennsylvania, Sally joined the Catholic Extension program, which places health care workers in underserved areas like Mountain View,

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MO, and Las Vegas, NM, where Sally worked for several years.

Following that experience, she accepted a position in the Hematology Department at Maine Medical Center, where she worked for the next ten years. As a volunteer, Sally has helped maintain the garden at the Falmouth Memorial Library and worked for Maine Audubon, initially working in the gift shop and mailing area and later assisting with statistics related to a loon project. (SS and NW)

A rocky start to wedded life! Peter and Judy Sullivan (Blueberry Commons) were married in one of the biggest blizzards New York City had ever seen. Judy carried her gown to church. Peter hitched a ride on a bread truck. The bridesmaids’ limo crashed into a snow bank and they missed the whole service.

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The Sullivans’ fortunes could only improve, and they did, through Peter’s business success, their shared love of scholarship, and their close-knit family of five children.

A native of Brooklyn, NY, Peter majored in civil engineering at Yale. He spent three years in the U.S. Navy on a destroyer, retiring from the naval reserve as captain. In 1961, the Sullivans moved to Maine, and in 1977, Peter started his own company, Sullivan and Merritt Constructors, to serve paper mills and power plants with equipment installation, process piping, and heavy construction. The company still carries out heavy industrial projects in Maine, New Hampshire, and the Middle East. After he retired in 1988, Peter earned a Master’s degree from the University of Maine and has nearly completed a Ph.D. in American History, specializing in Puritan-era Massachusetts.

Like her husband, Judy grew up in Brooklyn. She received her B.A. from Notre Dame College, Staten Island (now St. John’s University). After their move to Maine, Judy established the first cooperative nursery school in Portland. With an M.S. from the University of Southern Maine, she taught literature for 23 years at Southern Maine Technical College (now SMCC).

During that time, she won several grants to promote the humanities in technical education, developed the first women’s studies course at the institution,

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and chaired the English Department for six years. For many years she served as a scholar/facilitator for the Maine Humanities Council’s public library reading program. She has been actively involved in many of Portland’s cultural institutions.

Throughout the years Peter and Judy have enjoyed cross-country skiing, summer visits to Rangeley, and time at their condo in Naples, ME. They spent six months studying at University College in Galway, Ireland and have traveled extensively in Europe. They have five grandchildren, ranging in age from 17 to three. (NS)


On September 27th, OceanView at Falmouth’s team, Legacy Legs, participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Through the year, OceanView gathered donations, and held fundraising events, plus OceanView’s owner, John Wasileski, generously matched employee donations 2 to 1. We are proud to announce we raised over $10,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association of Maine!

Announcing A New Neighborhood

As we enter our 29th year as a leader in the retirement industry, we are excited to announce our plans for 34 new cottages in three phases,

continuing a respected tradition of growth and success.

Enjoy a spacious cottage custom-built just for you, with none of the headaches or expense of homeownership or maintenance!

Featuring:• 2-bedrooms and 2-baths• Gas fireplaces• 4-season sunrooms and patios• Generators• Optional lofts

Call Gloria Walker for more information at

207-781-4460

Located on our beautifully wooded campus, Schoolhouse Cottage residents will enjoy all the benefits of our active, stress-free lifestyle.

With the first phase of construction already presold and the second filling up fast, don’t miss your opportunity to take advantage of a lovely choice of locations, the interior customization of your new home and time to plan your move for 2016 or 2017!

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Your Good Health: To Believe Or Not Diane Kibbin, RN, BSN

In the last newsletter I introduced the concept that beliefs help us make sense of the world and have the capacity to evoke positive or negative emotions in our day to day lives. But where are beliefs born? Our minds begin to formulate beliefs very early in our development, whether or not we are aware it is happening. In the early stages of our existence it is very likely we accept the “truths” that are passed down through our parents, or grandparents. As our world expands, we may be influenced by other adults that we admire and respect; authority figures, our peer groups, and life experience all contribute to the formation of our beliefs. Other sources are cultural or religious shared beliefs, or scientific evidence. Beliefs are nothing more than thoughts that we keep thinking. We seek evidence to support these thoughts which validates them creating a personal truth.

What are some of the beliefs you hold? This question is one worth reflecting on. If tapping into the thoughts you hold to be true proves difficult, you may start by thinking about situations that bring about strong emotions on either side of the emotional scale first, and then take note of the thoughts that are coming to mind as you reflect on the situation and how you were feeling at the time. Common themes that can cause many people intense feelings of stress, anxiety or even phobias are a result of a fear of losing control or not being in control, fear of death, and feelings of unworthiness; these are often the underpinning of many non-productive beliefs that we have the power to change.

Illustrating this point using a commonly shared statistic that public speaking is the #1 fear in adults, I will stream the litany of the thoughts a person with this fear might ruminate on. “What if I stumble on my words, or forget what I’m talking about? What if I’m asked a question I can’t answer? (I’m not confident enough, I’m not good enough, or I’m not smart enough.) What if I have a coughing fit, or am so nervous I start laughing and can’t stop, and start snorting, or trip as I’m walking on stage?” (I am not able to control the situation.)

More productive thoughts for the person fearful of inadequacy might be “I don’t have to be perfect; I don’t have to know all the answers. It’s a broad topic; I have discussed this subject many times with many different people. The audience is interested and may have valuable input that may add to this discussion, I don’t have to be the certified expert.” These same beliefs would also help the latter situational example along with some others like, “When I am breathing I am present in my body and this will keep me centered; I can excuse myself if at any point I need to compose myself and return; people are compassionate by nature and would easily dismiss any misstep or disruption in the presentation.” These statements feel nourishing in contrast to the “what if ” mind chatter that we can all subject ourselves to.

Getting back to how this relates to health and well-being, deep seated beliefs like feeling undeserving of good, which is another version of unworthiness, can cause a cascade of unhealthy thoughts that are programmed deep within the unconscious mind (perhaps so deep an individual is not able to access them without the guidance of an expert). And yet this web of unproductive thoughts may exist, leading to stress and disease states in the body. Thoughts accompanying this underlying belief might be “nothing good ever happens to me, I never get what I want (the job, the partner, the car, the friends), I’ll never be happy.” Now this is an extreme case for example’s sake, and hopefully it doesn’t resonate with you but it may sound like someone that you’ve encountered in your lifetime.

Fearing death because of the belief one’s life is a finite experience, can create great apprehension to do anything deemed dangerous, or risky. Certain relatively innocuous activities such as skiing, or hiking in the woods, or flying on an airplane may cause intense emotions ranging from anxiety to full-blown phobias. The fear of bodily harm is what lies on the surface, what lies beneath might be the belief that we only exist now and forever in this physical form in this reality, so self-preservation will take precedence overthrill-seeking behaviors. People that hold this belief may panic at any sign of physical distress, immediately

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intensifying the symptoms while the mind runs wild with morbid thoughts ascribing the most lethal of ailments unto themselves. Again, extraordinary examples which paint a picture of worst-case scenarios, but the myriad of thoughts that follow this theme can vary drastically in form, intensity and manifestation with the end result being worry, despair and foreboding, all overwhelmingly weighty emotions.

So if you were to plot your axis on an emotional scale, where would you be a majority of the time? What is your emotional state? Are you mostly positive, happy, at peace with yourself and others around you? Are you appreciative of the comforts in your life and your social and emotional supports? What do you talk about or notice in the world? Do you focus your attention on all the good, or all the woes and dramas taking place?

You have the power to focus your mind to create pleasing emotional states or less desirable ones. Your thoughts have the ability to amplify already attained levels of joy or sadness; the choice is up to you. If your emotional state could use uplifting and you are aligned with this information, sifting through the works of Barry Neil Kaufman would yield a greater understanding; or seeking the counsel of a therapist or a coach who works with belief exploration would offer an experiential approach.

I hope you enjoy pondering how your thoughts shape your reality. Think of it as an experiment that could greatly enhance your quality of life.

Diane

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